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MPAA spokesflack Brad Hunt tried to sell a roomful of Hollywood tech types on "plugging the analog hole." Ought to be a slam dunk, right? Apparently not. The group groaned out loud when he said that retailers would have to educate consumers on its implications and after more probing questions, he got this one: "This is a room full of people whose living depends on this working. You're getting pushback to the point of hostility. If you can't sell this to us, how are you going to sell it to the target 16–45 demographic?"

Unabashedly liberal; unrepenitently literary. <I>Pogo</I> will always be <I>my</I> candidate for best comic strip ever. An appreciation from the <I>WaPo</I>.

I almost called Christopher Moore the funniest writer you've never heard of, but his sales indicate that an awful lot of people have not only heard of him, but have bought his books. He's not perzackly a household name, but I'd put him in the company of Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and Carl Hiiassen&mdash;you know, writers whose books you save for when you <I>need</I> a can't-fail pick-me-up.

The signal <i>returns</i> to <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/022706romance/">the source</a>.

This Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101) is the clearest, most detailed piece of astronomy porn I've ever seen.

I guess I never really thought about the uniqueness of sand, no matter how many times I heard that expression. <I>Microscopy</I> made me think about it&mdash;and the corollary notion that every beach and sandpit is unique as well.

This A/V presentation from the BBC is a three-minute vacation from your day job. Wonderful pictures.